I have not said a lot here in the last few months because I know all too well as a historian what's coming. Americas's democracy was always a shaky proposition, built on the foundation of slavery. And I am not going back to that shit.

Tanks thrust deeper into Gaza, medics say many injured trapped reut.rs/3KKZyWg

I conducted some research on Dr. Ian Roberts, the Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools in Iowa, who has recently been detained by ICE, despite having lived in the US legally for decades. He earned his permanent residency through a green card. 👇🏾

Kristi Noem has been widely criticized for slowing down FEMA’s response after natural disasters. Texts and emails obtained by ProPublica point to an effective way to get help faster: have one of Noem’s big donors make the ask.

The UK’s failure to hold this war criminal accountable means that he gets to continue plaguing this world. Trump wants to give Tony Blair “supreme political and legal authority” over Gaza for five years. “Supreme authority” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

The influence of the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program really cannot be overstated. The fact that there is still no solicitation for this year is unfair to students and risks damaging the future of American science. Please take 30 seconds to sign the open letter to US STEM Leadership 🧪🌎

On top of this, no hiring of PhDs with H1B visas means a huge shortage of qualified instructors and researchers, and all the revenue from international students will all but disappear. Universities are not taking any of this seriously enough. We are conducting business like perfect boiling frogs.

Please share with anyone who cares about NSF support for graduate students and take 30 seconds to sign and leave a comment. The deadline for the 2025 Graduate Research Fellowship Program is about one month away and literally no one can apply. #NSFGRFP jasonjwilliamsny.github.io/grfp2025/

"Who would have predicted this?" - Black women did. - Trans people did. - The *entire* disability community did. - The anarchists did. - Post-Evangelicals did. "Well why didn't I hear them." You did. But you disregarded us as "extremists" and "alarmists". And you are still calling us that.

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A drug that provides near-perfect protection against HIV with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope for ending the HIV epidemic. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/h...

‘We are at our limit’: Gaza’s last hospitals overwhelmed as thousands flee south

ProPublica identified 155 counties in the Deep South with private schools that opened as likely segregation academies. One in Amite County, Mississippi, has never — over nearly 30 years of surveys — reported enrolling more than one Black student. (Published Dec. 2024)

✨My first science feature is out in Chemical & Engineering News!✨ I interviewed and wrote about Dr. Shana V. Stoddard, a brilliant disabled scientist changing STEM. Disabled scientists deserve visibility and celebration. cen.acs.org/synthesis/me... #DisabledInSTEM #SciComm #RepresentationMatters

A 12-foot statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein frolicking and holding hands appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Tuesday, September 23. A plaque under the statue states that it has been erected “In Honor of Friendship Month."

I literally spent 10 min translating Lula’s speech about Palestine to English. I just need every single one of my gringo friends to listen to this man in order to maybe restore their faith in politics. This right here is a politician. This is why we voted for him. And personally, I’ll do it again.

I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him. I'm talking about something very different. Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired. Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to. But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Big Tech's embrace of President Trump has left many of us wondering: What the hell happened to Silicon Valley? In our new politics issue, we're getting into it. Also, we're taking this cover across the US in billboards, posters and a mural. Clues to find us in the 🧵: www.wired.com/politics-iss...

If women are not in constant pain, fever, and constant state of childbearing are they even women? Do they deserve human rights? I guess, this is the natural next step of defining a woman, when we didn't resist the other assaults on our autonomy and right to define ourselves/control our bodies.

Study: Pretending Everything's Okay Works https://theonion.com/study-pretending-everythings-okay-works-1819573735/

Sounds like the segregationists in Connecticut are having a grand ole time “While waiting for the police to arrive, the old Karen’s friend said, ‘You’re not the minority anymore.'” www.blackenterprise.com/alex-okeefe-...

NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable. This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed. From me for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Cary Supalo, one of C&EN's Trailblazers, specializes in making exams fair and inclusive to people with disabilities. Read more: cen.acs.org/education/Tr... #chemsky 🧪

Last night's declaration of a $100k fee on H-1B visas has been hugely disruptive to many Asian American families. Even with the update that it doesn't apply to current H-1B visa holders, it remains an attack on many already living in the US and had been counting on getting one to remain. 1/

This is entirely true on so many levels I don't think I could possibly detail it exhaustively, but you really can't oppose trans people's human rights and still have freedom of expression and bodily autonomy, the idea that people are entitled to self determination goes right out the window....

PS It's still a disaster, just one with a longer lead time

The Onion’s Exclusive Interview With Gavin Newsom https://theonion.com/the-onions-exclusive-interview-with-gavin-newsom/

Go to protests Sign up to be on mailing lists Practice good operational security Don’t volunteer information you don’t need to, like where you plan to be Know your phone gives away information even when locked Don’t use face unlock or print to unlock your phone

As a mentor, educator, and chemist with a disability, Shana V. Stoddard brings a powerful and multifaceted perspective to scientific research and higher education. cen.acs.org/synthesis/me... #chemsky 🧪

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

As I told @newrepublic.com, "Once last week, twice today, ICE has picked me up and thrown me on the ground. Honestly, it doesn’t compare to what our neighbors who are trapped inside the Broadview processing facility are going through. They’re committing crimes against humanity there."

Call your senators about this. No, Schiff and Padilla were never going to sign this resolution, but seven senators is more than I would’ve expected a year ago and that means pressure works. So call your senators, because it takes 3 minutes total and it’s more effective than posting about it.

Unless I'm reading this badly wrong and the administration puts out contrary implementation, it would appear that starting tonight, anyone with an H-1B who doesn't write a $100,000 check to the US government is banned from reentering the country if they're currently outside the US.

Curious when the university admin will finally wake up to the fact that by not being vocal in protecting their students, they are losing the funding, their endowment, and the very students who make their "business" run?

The point isn't to scold you for being afraid but to ask you to take responsibility for your fear as a service to yourself and your community, because so many of us who have struggled with, under and against criminalization have long had to use those skills to help one another 💕

I just spoke to NYC Comptroller Brad Lander as he left police custody following his arrest at immigration court. Here’s what he said:

Must watch: "There is a playbook for dictatorship, you're not exceptional" "I think it's Deja Vu and PTSD at the same time" Can confirm! I grew up in one too.

Multiple Deans, a professor, and now a university president have all lost their jobs simply because a professor acknowledged trans people exist in a course about young adult literature. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

Think about how many students have been alienated from science because they didn't feel they belonged or because they weren't given effective accommodations. Accessibility is hard; compromising is easy. That’s what Cary Supalo told Soren Lipman in his Q&A: cen.acs.org/education/Tr...

I admit that when i started working on this project with @kvasquez.bsky.social, i didn’t think i knew any chemists with disabilities 🧵1/ cen.acs.org/people/profi... @cenmag.bsky.social

A stunning deep view of the Veil supernova remnant and the cosmic scenery around it! (Video by Universal-Sci - Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 - Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)

Let this sink in: A president can apparently now order lethal force outside of congressionally declared wars, in international waters, without oversight, and face no personal criminal or civil liability—even if the action was blatantly illegal. trib.al/G2FKMWx

It's hard to overstate just how off the charts warm the Pacific is right now. The swath of the basin from California to Japan (a HUGE area) from 25N to 60N is ~3F (1.6C) above normal. To put it into math terms that is 6 Sigma/ standard deviations above the mean. More… 1/

Reflecting on the fact that many groups of people in this country have had centuries-long oral traditions & archival practices. Including mine. Jim Crow was, in effect, an enforced alternate reality that lasted for a century. Our ancestors were so wise. They documented much, as did their ancestors.

PSA: If you haven’t yet, it may be a good idea to get your COVID shot this week. Reports suggest that CDC may further restrict COVID vaccine access to people aged 75 and up, unless you have an condition. The committee that advises the CDC on vaccines meets this Thursday.

I don't think this is getting enough attention. Right now, for Chinese students it takes more than a year to get a visa renewed, because of recent rule changes for applications in your country of origin. This rule change will make it impossible to get international students. PLEASE SIGN!

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Look I think valuing human life is a phenomenal, wonderful, fantastic idea and also that’s why everyone opposes the genocide in Palestine and the colonial violence in Haiti and Sudan and Congo right? Oh oh you didn’t mean those lives I see